Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

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March 3, 2008
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Current State of the Industry

Combined Construction and Operating License (COL)

Summary: Of six COL applications submitted, four have been docketed for NRC review. 19 power companies, of which one is unidentified, intend to submit 22 license applications for 33 units, one of which is partially docketed.

Combined Construction and Operating License Applications (COLA) Submitted:

• STP Nuclear Operating Co. – South Texas Project (STP), TX (2 units, ABWR) – Submitted September 2007 and docketed for NRC review November 29, 2007.
• TVA (NuStart) – Bellefonte site, AL (2 units, AP1000) – Submitted October 2007 and docketed for NRC review January 18, 2008.
• Dominion Energy – North Anna site, VA (1 unit, ESBWR) – Submitted November 2007 and docketed for NRC review January 25, 2008.
• Duke Energy – William States Lee III site, SC (2 units, AP1000) – Submitted December 13, 2007 and docketed for NRC review February 25, 2008.
• Progress Energy – Shearon Harris site, NC (2 units, AP1000) – Submitted February 19, 2008.
• Entergy (NuStart) – Grand Gulf site, MS (1 unit, ESBWR) – submitted February 27, 2008.

Combined Construction and Operating License Applications (COLA) Planned:

• Alternate Energy Holding – Bruneau region, ID (1 unit EPR) – submit COLA 4th Qtr. 2008.
• Amarillo Power – Amarillo vicinity (undeclared), TX (2 units, EPR) – submit COLA 4th Qtr. 2008.
• AmerenUE (UniStar) – Callaway site, MO (1 unit EPR) – submit COLA in 3rd Qtr. 2008.
• DTE Energy – Fermi site, MI (1 unit, technology unspecified) – submit COLA in October 2008.
• Entergy – River Bend site, LA (1 unit, ESBWR) – submit COLA in October 2008.
• Exelon Generation –Victoria County, TX (2 unit, ESBWR) – submit COLA in November 2008.
• Florida Power and Light – Turkey Point site, FL (2 units, AP1000) – COLA in 2009.
• Luminant (formerly TXU) – Comanche Peak site, TX (2 units, US APWR) – COLA in September 2008.
• PPL (UniStar) – Susquehanna site, PA, (1 unit, EPR) – submit COLA in late 2008.
• Progress Energy – Levy County, FL (2 units, AP1000) – submit COLA July 2008.
• SCE&G – V.C. Summer site, SC (2 units, AP1000) – submit COLA in March 2008.
• Southern Nuclear – Vogtle site, GA (2 units, AP1000) – submit COLA in March 2008.
• Transition Power – Blue Castle, UT (1 unit, unspecified design) – submit COLA in 2010.
• UniStar – Calvert Cliffs, MD (1 unit, US-EPR R-COL) – partial COLA submitted July 2007 and environmental portion docketed for NRC review January 25, 2008; remainder expected in March 2008.
• UniStar – Nine Mile Point site, NY (1 unit, EPR) – submit COLA in 4th Qtr. 2008.
• Unidentified Utility – (1 unit, unspecified design) – submit COLA in 2010.

Licenses to Build Issued By NRC – No license applications have been issued by NRC.